Legal Opinion
Continental Oil Co. v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.
District Court, D. Wyoming
Decided February 5, 1957No. Civ. No. 3953PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERR, Judge.
This controversy involves a strip of land 200 feet wide (railroad right of way) lying within a proven oil field in Converse County, Wyoming.
For the sake of brevity I will refer to the Continental Oil Company, 'a corporation, as “Continental”, the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, a corporation,: as “Railway Company” *413and Elliott Construction Company, Inc., a corporation, as “Elliott”.
A summary of the pleadings is essential to an understanding of the issues.
Continental brings this action to recover complete possession of the N% NWy4, Section 9, T. 33 N„ R. 76 W., of the 6th…
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- United States v. FreemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
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- Cope v. CopeSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Rio Grande Western Railway Co. v. StringhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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